Evelyn Jessy Neels was born on 15 September 1910 in Devon, England, UK. She became a nurse, and in 1939 was called up to the Territorial Army Nursing Service, where she met her Dutch husband during World War II. They had a daughter. After living in Holland for 13 years, they returned to England where she continued her nursing career.
After she retired from nursing, she began writing, publishing her first romance in 1969. She was quite prolific and wrote 134 books. Her gentle novels of doctor nurse romances, are usually featured Dutch doctors as the heroes. Betty pased away peacefully in hospital on 7 June 2001, aged 91. Her career with Mills & Boon (reprinted by Harlequin) spanned 30 years, and she continued to write into her 90th year. To her millions of fans around the world, Betty Neels epitomized romance. She will be missed.
Sister Peters was delighted to be chosen, under the new exchange scheme, as the British representative to work in an Amsterdam hospital. It proved to be an interesting new life in more ways than one, and she found that emotional problems could be ju...
Who was the bride to be? Sister Maggy MacFergus was tall, and she discovered that most men found this off-putting. When Dr. Paul Doelsma offered Maggy a nursing job in Holland, she took it. There was something special about Dr. Doelsma, and it was...
Sophy's relationship with the attractive Dutch surgeon Maximillan Oosterwelde was of the blow-hot-blow-cold variety-but one thing was certain: in her heart, Sophy did not want any "blow cold" at all! Hero: Dr./Doctor Maximillan Oosterw...
It was when Nurse Harriet's Dutch friend Sieske invited Harriet home that Harriet caught up with a dream from her past - the man she had always imagined herself marrying. But alas, she was not the only girl to have this dream where this particula...
Nurse Georgina Rodman had met Professor Julius van den Berg Eyffert and his children when they were brought as casualties into her hospital, and the Professor arranged with Matron to have her "on loan" for a time to help with their convalesce...
Sarah had worked with Hugo van Elven for a long time, and she was astounded when he suddenly proposed to her. Sarah Dunn and Hugo van Elven were married for the wrong reasons. Even if it was just a marriage of convenience. They were both recove...
...hearts and flowers What a maddening, impossible man Constantijn van Lindemann was! Wherever Augusta went, there he was: inviting her out, paying her compliments, sending her enormous bouquets of tulips, even kissing her on occasion. Augusta had...
When her romance with Andrew went wrong, Sappha had jumped at the chance of a job in Scotland to make a complete break. The change of background, not to mention the "Demon King", in the person of the Dutch doctor, Rolf van Duyren, soon beg...
Emma Hastings knew that she was an excellent Theatre Sister, and as such was admired and appreciated by the devastating Dutch surgeon Justin Teylingen. But liking and appreciation are not love, and there were' plenty of girls around with far m...
Victoria was a pretty girl - unless her three far prettier sisters were around as competition. And Alexander van Schuylen was clearly as impressed by her sister's beauty as any other man would be. So Victoria had better not take his attent...
For her own sake she had to back off It hadn't taken Julia long to fall in love with Ivo van den Werff -- but she had better fall out of love equally quickly, she decided, when she met Marcia Jason and realized just how much stronger a claim t...
Abigail was a true 'Saturday's child'; she worked very hard for her living. And it looked as if she could expect to go on earning her own living, for no one seemed to be in any great hurry to marry her -- least of all Dominic van Wijke...
He needed her as a nurse, not a woman Benedict van Manfeld was one of the surliest, most unfriendly men Cassandra had ever met. But when she learned he was a brilliant Dutch surgeon who had severely damaged his sight in an accident, her attitude c...
Phoebe Brook hadn't planned to take a nursing job in Holland, still less under false pretenses. But when her sister Sybil decided to get married instead of going to work for Dr. Lucius van Someren, Sybil persuaded Phoebe to take her place. Wi...
Mary Jane might have inherited a house and a comfortable income, but after all, she was twenty-two, a competent staff nurse, and she certainly had no need for a guardian - especially the high-handed Fabian van der Blocq. But what could she do abo...
WANTED--A SENSIBLE COMPETENT WIFE! When distinguished surgeon Gerard van Doorninck asked Staff Nurse Deborah Culpepper to marry him, his reasons were practical, not romantic. As she had been secretly in love with Gerard for some time, Deborah acce...
Samantha sympathized with the problems of the elderly Dutch woman who was admitted to the hospital where she worked. But she didn't realize that her encounter with Juffrouw Boot's employer, the striking Giles ter Ossel, would bring her so ...
Serena had given up her job and gone to Holland in order -- as she thought -- to marry Laurens van Amstel who had proposed to her after a whirl-wind romance. So it was mortifying, to say the least, that soon after she arrived she began to realize ...
Sister Charity Dawson loved her job but there was one problem. Like the other humble members of St. Simon's nursing staff, she had to put up with the arrogant Dr. Everard van Tijlen. When Charity apparently discovered that the distinguished docto...
When Arabella was involved in a road crash in Holland, it seemed providential that the first person to arrive on the scene should be Doctor Gideon van der Vorst. But as she came more and more involved with the doctor, she began to wonder if provid...
When Loveday heard that her friend Rimada had a stern guardian who objected to her wedding plans, it seemed only natural to sympathize and offer practical help in getting round the problem. But Loveday was to find that Adam was harder to organize...
When the attractive Waldo van de Graaf rescued Olympia from a life of comparative drudgery and offered to marry her, it was to be a match of convenience. Olympia wanted to escape from her domineering aunt and Waldo needed someone to run his home and ...
Sister Tabitha just could not damp down her feelings for the attractive Dutch surgeon, Marius van Beek, but what future could there be for her in that direction? He appreciated her as an efficient colleague - but she could hardly convince herself ...
Was Eliza kidding herself that she might stand a chance with the professor? Sister Eliza Proudfoot took a job at the special clinic run by Professor Christian van Duyl. She found him a somewhat intimidating character--large in build and large in p...
When Henrietta Brodie was left a house in a Dutch village, she decided to make her home there, and settled happily into her new abode. She thought she would like everything about Holland -- except Marnix van Hessel. As 'lord of the manor'...
Beth had agreed to help Professor Alexander van Zeust look after his young nephews and nieces for a week while their mother was in hospital. The week stretched to two; then it was proposed she accompany them to Holland for a further period. Would...
What was the truth about Penny? Nurse Alexandra Dobbs met a distinguished Dutch doctor, Taro van Dresselhuys, when he asked her to help with Penny, a teenager with amnesia. Before long, Alexandra had fallen in love with Taro -- and Penny did, too....
AN OFFER SHE COULDN'T REFUSE... A nursing job in Holland was the only way Lavinia Hawkins could ensure a home and security for herself and her young sister, Peta. Yet within weeks of arriving she was married to the devastatingly handsome Profe...
Esmeralda Jones had always assumed that men were not interested in her because she was partly crippled; so it seemed like a miracle when a brilliant Dutch surgeon made her foot like new again. Perhaps now Leslie Chapman would look her way! But it ...
QUITE BY CHANCE... Eleanor remembered the forceful Dutchman Fulk van Hensum from her childhood, and how she had disliked him. Now Eleanor was grown-up and a qualified nurse, and suddenly Fulk, an eminent consultant, was back in her life. He clear...
Araminta went to Holland to nurse a sick relative--and, to her surprise, ran into the disconcerting Doctor Crispin van Sibbelt again. Unfortunately she found him even more difficult to understand in his own country than he had been in hers! HE RE...
Gemma Prentice was a wonderful nurse-- in fact, a real "gem of a girl." It was this quality that prompted Professor Ross Dieperink van Berhuys to ask her to go to Holland to look after his invalid sister. There was something of a bonus the...
Letitia Marsden had decided against romance. Men simply were not to be trusted. Then she met Doctor Jason Mourik van Nie - and quickly changed her mind. But when he proposed, she rejected him. He had not mentioned love. "I'm a mouse of ...
She might just as well tell him, Cressida Bingley decided, knowing full well the final thread of their relationship might be snapped. Forcing herself to look at him she said in a clear voice, "I love you, Giles, but you don't love me. Tha...
Love and then hate. It was a seesaw Jenny Wren sighed. If only Toby hadn't been so complacent, believing that marrying him was the best thing that could happen to any girl. He was a nice enough man, but dull. When she'd argued with him...
Joyce smiled at Laura. "You can have him for a month or two, just while I divorce Larry. Then all you'll have to do is to leave Reiloff, and he can divorce you. He'll see that you're provided for." Laura listened with growing r...
"He's something of a catch, you know" Eloise was told about the handsome Dr. Timon van Zeilst. ''But no one's caught him yet." Eloise felt quite sure that it wouldn't be her. Why should he look twice at a plain E...
"Love doesn't need to come into it" No matter what Jeroen said, however, Constantia knew she would rather marry for love. Still, Dr. Jeroen van der Giessen was undeniably handsome and nice. And Constantia, who believed that 'money...
He should have been impossible to love-- He was overbearing and insufferable! Yet, when Brittania met Professor Luitingh van Thien who came to her hospital as a visiting consultant surgeon, she promptly fell in love with him! So, when the pr...
"Are you going to marry her, Walle?" the old man's question was unexpected. The answering "yes" took Philomena completely by surprise. Philomena had hoped her new hairdo and wardrobe would have some effect on her handsome new ...
"I know that we will meet again" That was the promise of the arrogant stranger who'd disrupted the hospital's casualty ward late one night-- but Octavia promptly forgot him. She was off on an exciting Mediterranean cruise and he...
She'd never seen a man so angry! Nurse Lucy Prendergast had not made a good impression. Falling asleep during a consultant's lecture was hardly the best way to attract the great man's attention! So she set out to correct the bad imp...
It was obvious. Nick wasn't coming back! They had argued over dinner; Nick walked off in a huff. Alethea tried not to panic when the check arrived, knowing she had nothing more than silver in her handbag.... Suddenly, the man she had seen s...
She knew it was time to leave! Determined to break the stranglehold of a selfish stepmother and stepbrother, Becky left home. She'd begin nursing again; make a home for herself and Pooch and Bertie, the pets she'd brought with her. Then...
"You're just what the doctor ordered!" So the crew at Spitzbergen declared when nurse Annis Brown joined their isolated camp. Dr. Jake van Germert didn't seem to agree. His aloof ways irritated Annis until Ola Julsen arrived a...
Emily was the envy of the nursing staff She worked with the tall, handsome Professor Renier Jurres-Romeijn! Not that Emily considered her position enviable at all. She knew the great man's opinion of her--and she'd trade with the others an...
The job came along at the perfect time. Phyllida was overjoyed. Her job as nurse-companion was taking her and her patient to the Canary Islands...and away from her persistent ex-boyfriend Philip. But the trip was a disaster, and if not for the ...
There was more than one fish in the sea Amelia Crosbie was delighted when Tom, her fiance, agreed to accompany her and her father on a holiday fishing trip to Norway. Luckily, Amelia's father found Gideon van der Tolck, another fishing e...
"I don't went my life disturbed." Baron Radinck Thoe van Erckelens was very clear about his reasons for wanting to marry Caroline Tripp--and love was not one of them. Caro loved Radinck, though, so she agreed to his terms--that she ...
His type liked only decorative women! Hannah Lang was neither beautiful nor glamorous, but she was a warm, sensitive woman and a darned good nurse! Her employers were delightful and Hannah loved baby Paul, her little patient. The position in Ho...
How could anything so right be so wrong? She had said yes gladly, but later Katrina wondered why she had agreed to marry Raf van Tellerinck. There was no love between them, certainly. But he needed a wife, and Katrina like and respected him. So...
A new place, a new job--and a new love! Louisa did want desperately to get out from under the roof of her disagreeable stepmother, and she couldn't bear the thought of marrying Frank, who bored her. So after finishing nursing school, she jump ...
It was more than a family matter... Dr. Duert ter Brandt disapproved of Christina's relationship with his brother, Adam, and he made sure they both knew it. True, he didn't stop Chrissy from coming to Holland to work near Adam - but he...
Love wasn't part of their bargain Renting their house was the only way Euphemia could salvage her family's muddled finances. If only the tenant had been someone she liked--anyone but Dr. Tane van Diederijk, that disturbingly abrupt man ......
Perhaps her dream of love was only a dream "Working nights in a London hospital is no life for a young girl!" Her mother hadn't actually said it, but Judith knew she was thinking it. In a way, Judith agreed, but what else could she ...
She shared his life but not his love... What would she do? Sadie was suddenly alone in the world, and her cottage home would have to be sold. But luck was with her, for Oliver Trentham, the television screenwriter who had bought the cottage, re...
Annis Fothergills disliked him on sight Jake Royle was too good-looking, too rich and too self-assured. Then a sudden shared grief broke down Annis's defenses against his attractiveness. Jake's sudden marriage proposal made no pretense of love....
No one could envy her position As Lady Manderly's companion, Jemima responded cheerfully to her eccentric whims and demands. But then Jemima Mason was capable of coping with almost anything. The exception was her employer's nephew, Professor Al...
Her family had to come first To keep her small family together, Isobel Barrington managed to make ends meet -- just! -- by doing private nursing jobs. Her mother had only a small pension and her younger brother had to be educated somehow. Isobe...
How dared he interfere with her life ! Celine Baylis had worked out her whole future. But her well-planned dreams were shattered when Oliver Seymour came into the picture. With his infuriating self-confidence he began to make all her decisions ...
Would he ever see how she truly felt? Katrina had known Lucius Massey all her life, and her childish hero worship had grown into a comfortable, warm friendship. She and Lucius had become engaged just to teach her selfish sister Virginia a lesso...
She thought she'd finished with romance. After the breakup of her engagement, Prudence eagerly accepted Dr. Benedict van Vinke's offer of a job in Holland. It seemed the perfect opportunity to begin an entire new life. What she wasn'...
...engaged to be married? Working for Professor Sam Gervis was difficult enough, even if you hadn't fallen in love with him. But Polly had. Luckily she was realistic. Sam was engaged to the lovely Deirdre, and besides, he would never look twice at...
Together they'd faced both crisis and death Clotilde had worked with Dr. James Thackery at London's busy St. Alma's Hospital for three years, but she'd never regarded theirs as anything more than a solid professional relationship. Then tragedy ...
She wanted him for herself Eugenia knew what surgeon Gerard Grenfell needed: a woman who would never feel threatened by his devotion to his work at London's St. Clare's Hospital; a woman who would love him to distraction. And she was that woman. ...
Could she settle for less than love? Professor Gideon Beaufort tried Deborah's good nature severely. He reviled her future as a trained nanny, destined to settle for a permanent post caring for other people's children. But was his proposal any ...
She had no illusions about their life together Phoebe accepted Dr. George Pritchard's proposal because it was the sensible thing to do. He hadn't offered her love, only understanding friendship, and that seemed enough. She didn't love him eithe...
Why was he talking to her about love? Julia was puzzled by the austere Professor van der Wagema's remark that there should be more to life than working at St. Anne's Hospital in London. "At the end of the day you know what that is," ...
Vienna was enchanting, like another world It was everything Cordelia hoped it would be. She couldn't say the same for her charge's uncle, Dr. Charles Trescombe! He regarded Cordelia as plain and dull and sensible. She looked at Charles ...
He was a bad-tempered annoying, arrogant man! And later encounters with Julius van Tacx only confirmed Josephine Dowling's first impression. Nothing about Julius fitted her image of an ideal husband. He greatly disturbed Josephine's usually ser...
Rose's sensible looks hid a real romantic! Their first meeting was accidental. Rose and her holiday companion, Sadie, lost in Amsterdam, knocked on the nearest door for directions. it belonged to Mynheer Sybren Werdmer ter Sane. They were impr...
If only two weeks could turn into a lifetime Charity's job as a typist at St. Augustine's Hospital certainly kept her busy, be she long for something more--something exciting in her life. So when the renowned Professor Wyllie-Lyon offer...
She needed time - away from him! Likable, sensible Francesca seldom met anyone she didn't get along well with. In fact, as ward nurse of a Costwold village hospital, she was considered perfect. Except, it seemed, in the eyes of Dr. van Ri...
"He needs a wife -- someone like me!" Meg Collins was an old-fashioned country girl facing an uncertain future. Now that the family house was being sold, Meg had to find a job. But where? Her skills were in cooking and gardening -- not shorthand...
He was willing to wait until she fell out of love Rachel Downing thoroughly enjoyed her work as an operating theatre nurse. Professor Radmer van Teule, a brilliant surgeon, relied on her cheerful efficiency. Only her boyfriend, a television pro...
He was the answer to all her prayers Matilda worked as a nurse in her uncle's busy small-town medical practice. Though she found caring for her patients satisfying, Tilly was well aware of her need for something greater. Little did she susp...
She'd never known anyone quite so wonderful Florina welcomed her move to Wheel House. Five years of pandering to the selfish whims of her father had made her long for domestic tranquility and the chance to show off her culinary talents in an appre...
Were Dutch doctors always so arrogant? First of all, Marc van Borsale insisted on driving Claribel home in his Rolls as she waited for the bus one day - then promptly delivered a lecture on how young women should not accept lifts from strangers. ...
He had saved her, but he didn't love her. Katherine Marsh was practically a slave to her brother's family in the small English country village when she first met Dr. Jason Fitzroy - and fell instantly in love. Dr. Fitzroy found her a job at t...
He hardly seemed to notice her Prudence Makepeace had made her own plans for leaving England - she'd applied for a job in Scotland. Yet somehow she couldn't ignore the needs of her elderly godmother, and so relucutantly accompanied her on a holida...
A deal's a deal, even if it hurts When English nurse Emily Grenfell struck a bargain with surgeon Sebastian van Tecqx, she never dreamed of what lay ahead. Sebastian promised to operate on her ailing father--if Emily traveled to Holland to care fo...
She couldn't run away from the truth Louise Payne had found it difficult raising two sisters and a brother on her meager nurse's salary. So when a sudden windfall left her a charming house, she was thrilled. Then she learned that the perturbing Dr...
Alone in the world, without a job That was Suzannah Lightfoot's unenviable position when Guy Bowers-Bentinck rescued her. She had to accept his help--though she didn't want to be beholden to such an infuriatingly arrogant man. "He's so tiresome...
"Safe, solid, reassuring Oliver," Beatrice thought. She was grateful to have Oliver Latimer on hand to pick up the pieces when her father's heart attack suddenly turned her world upside down. And he didn't make impossible demands, even though h...
The professor made it very clear "You have no family, no home, and no prospect of marrying," Duert ter Laan-Luitinga told Venetia, as if she wasn't fully aware of her precarious position. His solution to the problem took her by surp...
Lucy wasn't a career girl Unlike her two bright go-getting sisters, Lucy's goal was to find a man she loved and settle down with him to a life of happy domesticity. But Mr. Right seemed to be peculiarly elusive. Until the day that Lucy encounte...
"Don't worry," Colin said. "It will work out perfectly." Eustacia wasn't sure whether he meant the wedding arrangements or their future life together. She didn't know him well enough to even guess. It was a marriag...
Sarah wasn't pleased to see Radolf Nauta again It was his fault she'd lost her job at the hospital and had been forced to look elsewhere for work. She hadn't expected to meet him in this new environment. Radolf was just the sort of...
The giddy social whirl was not for Serena She'd long ago resigned herself to looking after her invalid mother instead. Quiet, hardworking Serena was only too glad to be of service. Dutch consultant Marc ter Feulen changed all that when he b...
She had everything -- everything but love Matilda had beauty, charm, intelligence, a kind and generous nature--it was surprising that she was still single and uninvolved. But despite any number of offers, she remained heart-whole and fancy-free...
Their marriage was one of convenience. Eminent consultant Tyco van der Brons had made that plain when he proposed. He needed a mother for his children and an accomplish hostess to run his home in Amsterdam. To expect her husband to act like a man...
Rosie had a recipe for Mr. Right "The man I marry must dote on me, cherish and love me for always, even when I'm bad tempered or sneezing my head off." Fergus Cameron certainly wasn't likely to fit that bill. Arrogant, exaspera...
The Professor Proposed... But love wasn't part of his proposal. Not even after Krijn van der Brink-Schaaksma confessed to Beatrice that he'd someday 'like to fall in love.' Obviously he didn't consider Beatrice a candidate...
True love is never ordinary… Two mischievous dogs led Francesca Haley to a chance meeting with Dr. Renier Pitt-Colwyn, and a ragtag kitten won her his goddaughter’s heart. But the handsome Dutchman could hardly be interested in an ordinary gi...
When the vicar's daughter met the surgeon... Florence Napier thought Alexander Fitzgibbon a cold, humorless man. The eminent surgeon had hired her as the new nurse for his private practice, but he didn't seem to like her. Nor was Florence at a...
Life could be worse But Cressida wasn't really sure how. Things had been bad ever since obligations had forced her to stay at home with her demanding stepmother. She'd even sprained her ankle while trying to help a mistreated dog, which le...
Her fiancé was in love -- but not with her! Megan Rodner had always longed to fall madly in love... but that never happened. Still, she was happy with her engagement. Her fiancé was solid, dependable and kind, and that was enough - wasn't it? ...
The doctor meets his match... Patience Martin is a country girl with a sharp tongue and absolutely no interest in the latest fashions. She's hardly the sort of woman who normally attracts the attention of wealthy Dutch surgeon Julius van der Beek...
"You want me?" Caroline Frisby was right for the job--after all, she'd established an excellent rapport with the little boy while he was in the hospital in England. It only made sense that she be the one to supervise Marc's recovery back home in H...
A damsel in distress Jane Fox was alone and desperately in need of a friend. Not that she expected Nikolas to apply for the position. After all, he'd said he was no knight in shining armor. So when he rode to her rescue, she wondered if he...
He'd proposed -- a marriage of convenience! Dr. Rijk van Taak ter Wijsma hadn't gone down on bended knee, nor had there been fireworks when he'd kissed her cheek, but then, Sophie had decided long ago that romance wasn't for her....
At least the kids liked him! Dictatorial, overbearing and downright rude! Dr. Valentine Seymour might be an excellent pediatrician, but however good he was with his small patients, he needed to develop more of a bedside manner with adults. Daisy d...
An offer she couldn't refuse? "I wish to marry for the wrong reason, although perhaps they are no worse than many others, I am not love with you..." Tirus Taverner was a busy and successful medical man who lacked a wife. Arabella had applied f...
Just for once allow your heart to rule your prudent common sense... Tempting advice - dared Eugenie take it? A country upbringing had taught her to be practical...not to cherish romantic dreams about tall, handsome strangers! But a chance encount...
"You should marry again..." Beatrice sympathized with Gijs van der Eekerk. A widower with a small child and a busy medical career, he needed someone to see that his domestic life ran like clockwork. What she hadn't bargained for was hi...
Mistletoe magic! For Olivia Harding, the offer of employment at an exclusive private girl's school had come as something of a godsend. With little experience, she hadn't expected to find a job so easily, let alone one that still bought her into co...
Deborah knew that she wasn't glamorous! Even if she had all the time and money in the world, nothing was going to alter the fact that she was skinny with hair the color of carrots. So if was hardly surprising that attractive consultant Sir Jam...
A practical marriage? Araminta Smith had first met Professor Jason Lister when she was hired to look after his niece and nephew. Knowing that her plain but honest looks weren't about to catch her a husband, she was intrigued by the distinguished s...
"The moment I set eyes on a handsome, rich man I shall marry him." So said Felicity, and as she was the glamorous sister with a successful career as an international model, Mary Jane had no reason to doubt her. Mary Jane was the stay at h...
Too good to be true! When Eulalia first met Fenno van Linssen she thought him thoroughly infuriating! And yet, the eminent Dutch surgeon had swiftly taken charge when her young cousin, Peter, had a minor accident, his dedication far beyond the cal...
A SUITABLE WIFE? Emma Trent had spent most of her life looking after other people, so it was a shock to encounter a man so determined to take care of her -- Sir Paul Wyatt was fast becoming her very own guardian angel! She was hardly in a pos...
Dr. Oliver Hay-Smythe seemed to have met a modern-day Cinderella! Ever since Bertha's father had remarried, the kindhearted woman had been put upon by her family. She appeared to live in her stepsister's shadow, stuck doing the housework and wear...
Emmy was plain and mousy -- why would Ruerd look her way? Ermentrude Foster helped the family by working at St. Lukes Hospital. She spoke her mind to the often impatient Professor Ruerd ter Mennolt, but he did offer practical aid with Emmy's dif...
A perfect wife? Everyone in her family had agreed that Mary Pagett would one day make some man a perfect wife. The problem was that the only man Mary had ever even thought about marrying was eminent Dutch heart specialist Roel van Rakesma. Fro...
Simply Simon Julie Beckworth enjoyed her work as a medical secretary at Saint Bravo's Hospital in London, so it was a nasty surprise when her elderly boss, Professor Smythe, announced that he was retiring. After a moment's panic, she was partly re...
A most suitable match! Louisa Howarth enjoyed her job as a doctor's receptionist -- until Dr. Thomas Gifford appeared on the scene. She found Thomas aloof and demanding, but incredibly attractive. So when Louisa discovered he was engaged to th...
Falling for the Professor... All the village assumed that Margo Pearson was to marry George, but unexpectedly meeting Professor Gijs van Kessel made her pause for thought. But being a plain, practical girl, Margo knew the professor was most unlike...
Falling for Adam Life had not been easy for Henrietta Cowper, but she hoped to improve her lot. Then, shortly after she first met consultant neurosurgeon Mr. Adam Ross-Pitt, her small world changed irrevocably. She had Mr. Ross-Pitt to thank fo...
From blushing bride to wife in waiting... Having fallen in love with Sarah Beckwith at first sight, Dr. Litrik ter Breukel vowed to go slow because of her youth and innocence. But perhaps he'd taken things too slow--it seemed to him that she'd fou...
A tender awakening... Aunt Thirza had been a lifeline to Katrina Gibbs, but her death left Katrina with little money and no marketable skills. She had inherited her aunt's small cottage in Dorset. She also, though she didn't know it, had Simon Gle...
Why did James keep helping her? It was deeply irritating to Leonora Crosby that she was always caught out in awkward moments by the new village doctor, James Galbraith. It shouldn't have mattered -- she was engaged to Tony, after all! -- but J...
Dreaming of marriage? When Matilda's father retires through ill health, the family's new life in Much Winterlow is in reduced circumstances. To make ends meet, Matilda applies to be Dr. Henry Lovell's receptionist. She does her best to i...
A surprise proposal Claudia Ramsay first met Mr. Thomas Tait-Bullen when he was asked to discuss the health of her great-uncle, Colonel Ramsay. Claudia wasn't at all sure what she thought of the eminent surgeon -- and she was astonished when, after ...
When Theodosia's only remaining family lock her out of their seasonal celebrations, she finds that a special love is in store for her this Christmas â€" in the shape of favourite physician, Hugo Bentinck....
Marriage on his mind? Kate Crosby was determined to be independent. Her dreams were of owning her own catering business, not of marriage and babies! For now, she was happy enough putting her skills into practice as a housekeeper. She certainly was...
Loveday West was thrilled when Dr. Andrew Fforde offered her a job as his temporary receptionist. She hadn't expected to fall in love with him -- but he was just so handsome and charming! But was her place in his life as temporary as her contract?...
Eulalia cannot bear the thought of losing her home, especially at Christmas. But is marriage to handsome surgeon Aderik van der Leurs really the answer? Aderik appears to want Eulalia simply as a convenient bride -- but she is, in fact, his Dearest E...
A husband for Christmas... When Dr. Oliver Fforde unexpectedly arrived at Amabel's guest house during a winter storm, he made a lasting impression. Amabel didn't expect to see him again, so it was strange how Oliver seemed to reappear every time A...
Julia Gracey has always lived by the rule that women should stand on their own two feet. But every time there's a problem, Professor Gerard van der Maes always seems to be on hand with the perfect solution! Gerard seems determined to sweep Julia o...
When Professor James Forsyth meets Philomena Selby it's love at first sight. But Philly knows James has a fiancée and that she can't hope to match such a glamorous woman. But James sees Philly's inner beauty, and he's determined to convince her t...
A business proposal...or more? Meeting Dr. Roele van Dyke was a blessing for Emma Dawson. He always seemed to go out of his way to make her happy, and she couldn't imagine life without him.... And when the time came for Roele to return to Amste...
Francesca Bowen has cut short her medical career to look after her elderly aunt, so she jumps at the chance to be assistant to Lady Trumper. But Francesca soon discovers that she's made the wrong decision and is being treated like a dogsbody. Then, s...
Araminta Pomfrey is finally about to pursue her dream to train as a nurse when she finds herself looking after the twin nephews of Dr. Marcus van der Breugh! Marcus is so handsome and kind that Mintie knows she's fallen in love. But does Marcus w...
Daisy Gillard led a quiet life in her father's little shop, until the handsome pediatrician Mr. Jules der Huizma swept her away to Holland! It was a secret joy for Daisy that Jules seemed to want to spend time with her. But Daisy knew her feelings co...
Ivo van Doelen knows what he wants -- he simply has to allow Serena Lightfoot time to come to the same conclusion! Then all he has to do is persuade Serena to accept his convenient proposal of marriage...without her realizing he's already in love wit...